---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 141.77"
title: "14"
number: "141.77"
heading: "Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/141.77"
---

# §141.77. Limitations.

- (a) The holder of a pilot school certificate or a provisional pilot school certificate may not issue a graduation certificate to a student, or recommend a student for a pilot certificate or rating, unless the student has:
  - (1) Completed the training specified in the pilot school's course of training; and
  - (2) **Passed the required final tests.**
- (b) Except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, the holder of a pilot school certificate or a provisional pilot school certificate may not graduate a student from a course of training unless the student has completed all of the curriculum requirements of that course;
- (c) A student may be given credit towards the curriculum requirements of a course for previous training under the following conditions:
  - (1) If the student completed a proficiency test and knowledge test that was conducted by the receiving pilot school and the previous training was based on a [part 141](/cfr/14/part141-.md)- or a [part 142-approved](/cfr/14/part142-approved.md) flight training course, the credit is limited to not more than 50 percent of the flight training requirements of the curriculum.
  - (2) If the student completed a knowledge test that was conducted by the receiving pilot school and the previous training was based on a [part 141](/cfr/14/part141-.md)- or a [part 142-approved](/cfr/14/part142-approved.md) aeronautical knowledge training course, the credit is limited to not more than 50 percent of the aeronautical knowledge training requirements of the curriculum.
  - (3) If the student completed a proficiency test and knowledge test that was conducted by the receiving pilot school and the training was received from other than a [part 141](/cfr/14/part141-.md)- or a [part 142-approved](/cfr/14/part142-approved.md) flight training course, the credit is limited to not more than 25 percent of the flight training requirements of the curriculum.
  - (4) If the student completed a knowledge test that was conducted by the receiving pilot school and the previous training was received from other than a [part 141](/cfr/14/part141-.md)- or a [part 142-approved](/cfr/14/part142-approved.md) aeronautical knowledge training course, the credit is limited to not more than 25 percent of the aeronautical knowledge training requirements of the curriculum.
  - (5) Completion of previous training must be certified in the student's training record by the training provider or a management official within the training provider's organization, and must contain—
    - (i) The kind and amount of training provided; and
    - (ii) **The result of each stage check and end-of-course test, if appropriate.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 141-12, 74 FR 42564, Aug. 21, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709, 44711, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997; Amdt. 141-12, 74 FR 42564, Aug. 21, 2009]